Map of the most recent sea-surface temperature around the Sanctuary.
Plot of sea-surface temperature values over time within the Sanctuary.
Download timeseries data for sanctuary: sst_cinms.csv
A figure showing the concentration of the mineral aragonite (a form of calcium carbonate) at different depths at Anacapa Island from 2007 to 2014. Figure credit: Etnoyer et al. 2015.
A figure showing domoic acid levels in commercially-important crustaceans (triangles) and bivalves (circles) collected from the Santa Barbara Channel (2012 - 2013). Red coloration indiciates that the domic acid levels measured above the California Department of Public Health and U.S. Food and Drug Administration action limits. Figure credit: C. Culver/CA Sea Grant, unpublished data.
A map showing an unprecedented West Coast-wide harmful algal bloom (HAB) that extended from the Gulf of Alaska to southern California. March 2015 (left, before the HAB) as compared to May (right, during the HAB). Data source: Satellite data were obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) using a combination of the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Aqua and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) chlorophyll products. Data were processed using standard OBPG processing with 4 kilometer imagery. Figure credit: McCabe et al. 2016.
Map of the most recent Chlorophyll-a that indicates productivity by phytoplankton, the plant base of the food chain in the ocean.
Plot of Chlorophyll values over time within the Sanctuary. Chlorophyll-a indicates productivity by phytoplankton, the plant base of the food chain in the ocean.
Download timeseries data for sanctuary: chl_cinms.csv
A figure showing nitrate concentrations (a form of organic nitrogen) at a Plumes and Blooms sampling station from 1997 - 2015 (top) and 2009 - 2015 (bottom). Figure: Siegel et al. submitted. [Plumes and Blooms] (http://www.oceancolor.ucsb.edu/plumes_and_blooms)
A figure showing phosphate concentrations (a form of organic phosophorous) at a Plumes and Blooms sampling station from 1997 - 2015 (top) and 2009 - 2015 (bottom). Figure: Siegel et al. submitted. [Plumes and Blooms] (http://www.oceancolor.ucsb.edu/plumes_and_blooms)
Note: This is variant of a similar figure shown during the expert workshop.
A figure showing unexpected monthly temperature differences (top) and corresponding nitrate concentrations (bottom) from 2001 - 2015. Data were collected at 7-10 meters depth. Figure: Reed et al. 2016
A figure showing three metrics of climate and ocean conidtions in the North Pacific Basin from 1999 to 2018. Data source: NPGO, PDO, ONI. Figure: I. Schroeder/NOAA